Lapsang Souchong

Wow. I bought a box of Twinings Lapsang Souchong, just to try it out. Nothing fancy. Off the grocery store shelf. I was lamenting the fact that the box of tea comes wrapped in celophane...thinking about writing to Twinings to see if they can't just not celophane wrap it. But then I open it, and WOW. Smokey. They say smokey, but boy do they ever mean it! I have it on my desk at work, and I feel like I just got done camping, like when I was in the boy scouts, and you smell like campfire, and it's in your clothes, and everything, and you just want to take a shower!

So I make a cup, and the tea in the cup smells like smoke. Which means, I can't taste the tea. In fact, I'm thinking that this tea would be great for camping, since you couldn't tell the difference anyway! It's such a powerful odor, too. I just can't believe that the box smells so strong! As if the box itself was in the drying process -- on a bamboo stick, over a fire. I may have one or two more cups just to try it out, and then if I still am not impressed, I'll throw it away. Maybe I should try a premium brand, but I don't want to spend $8 on a tea I probably won't like. But then, maybe I'm paying for the cannister to keep this stuff in, so my desk doesn't smell like a fire.
Wow.